• The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has set a new Guinness World Record for laying a 75-kilometer road in just five days.

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    The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has set a new Guinness World Record for laying a 75-kilometer road in just five days.

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    National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has set a world record by laying a
    75-kilometer length of roadway in Maharashtra between Amravati and Akola in
    less than five days.



    mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333">Nitin Gadkari, the
    Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, also took to Twitter to publish
    a certificate from the Guinness World Records authority.



    mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333">"From 3 to 7 June
    2022, Raj Path Infracon Pvt. Ltd. and Jagdish Kadam (both India) erected the
    longest continuous piece of asphalt/bituminous concrete between Amravati and
    Akola Districts on NH53, India," according to the Guinness World Records
    certificate.



    mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333">"NHAI has made
    history by creating 75 kilometres of continuous bituminous concrete in a single
    lane on the length of NH-53 between Amravati and Akola," Gadkari tweeted.



    mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333">"This 75 km
    single lane continuous bituminous concrete road is equivalent to 37.5 km of
    2-lane paved shoulder road," he continued, "and a team of 800 NHAI
    Official employees and 720 workers, including a team of independent
    consultants, were involved in the work, which began at 7:27 a.m. on June 3,
    2022 and ended at 5:00 p.m. on June 7, 2022."



    mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333">The Amravati-Akola Highway
    construction project began at 6 a.m. on June 3 and was expected to be completed
    by June 7, setting a world record. The scheme involved 800 staff and 700
    labourers, including highway engineers, safety engineers, and surveyors, in
    order to finish the work in the shortest period possible.



    mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333">The Rajput Infracon
    has previously set a world record by constructing a road from Sangli to Satara
    in 24 hours. As part of the government's monetization agenda, NHAI announced on
    June 3 that it has offered a further three motorways totaling 247 kilometres to
    its Infrastructure Investment Trust (InvIT).